Clever post by Sean Carmen of 23/6
Democratic Primaries Threatened by Outbreak of Democracy
Democratic party leaders voiced concern today about the Democratic primary process, which they said was "gravely threatened" by recent developments.
Speaking on background, party leaders said those developments included a close contest that might not be decided until the convention this summer and that, in the meantime, threatened to ignite vast public interest in the campaign, drive record numbers of voters to the polls, and produce the most inclusive Democratic primary contest in a generation.
"It's a complete disaster," one party insider said. "Absolutely the last thing we wanted."
Party leaders said they had hoped their nominee would be selected in the first few primaries, thereby making the primaries a carefully scripted marketing campaign leading up to a televised coronation of the nominee at the summer convention.
"We wanted Iowa and New Hampshire to decide this thing," one party operative said. "Maybe Michigan and Nevada, if it had to come to that.
"Yes, we scheduled primaries in every state," this source said, "but we didn't expect they would actually count for anything."
Even more worrisome, party insiders confided, is the prospect that the establishment candidate will not win the nomination, but will instead be defeated by a challenger on the basis of, of all things, the popular vote in the 50 states.
"We thought we had protections in place to prevent the Democratic candidate from being selected democratically," one party official said. "But it's all going terribly wrong."
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